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I am born.

Screen shot from 'Roget's Circular' Interactive CDROM (2001) Image by Melissa Smith

A.S.I.O., Australia's counter-espionage agency designed to handle international security matters, was established.

Work commenced on the Snowly Mountains Scheme to divert the water from the Snowy and Eucumbene rivers inland for irrigation.

Nationality and Citizenship Act passed, by which Australians became Australian (rather than British) citizens although British passports were retained.

The Australian Almanac, Pub. Angus & Robertson 1985